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Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski's horses.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Apr 2018
Gaunitz Charleen, Fages Antoine, Hanghøj Kristian, Albrechtsen Anders, Khan Naveed, Schubert Mikkel, Seguin-Orlando Andaine, Owens Ivy J, Felkel Sabine, Bignon-Lau Olivier, de Barros Damgaard Peter, Mittnik Alissa, Mohaseb Azadeh F, Davoudi Hossein, Alquraishi Saleh, Alfarhan Ahmed H, Al-Rasheid Khaled A S, Crubézy Eric, Benecke Norbert, Olsen Sandra, Brown Dorcas, Anthony David, Massy Ken, Pitulko Vladimir, Kasparov Aleksei, Brem Gottfried, Hofreiter Michael, Mukhtarova Gulmira, Baimukhanov Nurbol, Lõugas Lembi, Onar Vedat, Stockhammer Philipp W, Krause Johannes, Boldgiv Bazartseren, Undrakhbold Sainbileg, Erdenebaatar Diimaajav, Lepetz Sébastien, Mashkour Marjan, Ludwig Arne, Wallner Barbara, Merz Victor, Merz Ilja, Zaibert Viktor, Willerslev Eske, Librado Pablo, Outram Alan K, Orlando Ludovic
Abstract excerpt
The Eneolithic Botai culture of the Central Asian steppes provides the earliest archaeological evidence for horse husbandry, ~5500 years ago, but the exact nature of early horse domestication remains controversial. We generated 42 ancient-horse genomes, including 20 from Botai. Compared to 46 published ancient- and modern-horse genomes, our data indicate that Przewalski's horses are the feral descendants of...
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